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 Side  I/O side down  Top side down  Rear fan and I/O Opening the case we find that Thermaltake has taken some of the design elements of their other full tower cases in their lineup and implemented them in the Element V case. There is a bar where the Power Supply Unit is installed. There are ten drive bays for the 5.25” and 3.5” Hard drives. To install a 3.5” HDD you need to take off the front panel and slide out the iCage from the front of the case that holds three HDDs each.  Top 200mm fan  Motherboard guide  Left side door  Fan The motherboard tray is not removable but has plenty of room to work with any motherboard from Micro-ATX to full ATX size. The motherboard tray has holes labeled A, S, E, C, P and M. Choose the appropriate size of your motherboard and install stand-offs in the indicated positions. Thermaltake specifies two things on the motherboard tray, the CPU cooler cannot be taller than 6.1” and the video cards cannot be longer than 13.2 inches which is longer than most consumer video cards.  Door latch  Fan power  5.25” locks  5.25” locks Each of the 5.25” drive bays has a latch system that holds the drive or drive bay in place without the need for a screw. To install a 5.25” drive, simply push inward and upward to unlock the clip, insert the Optical drive or 5.25” drive into the bay and push inward and downward to lock the clip into place. No screws are needed to install a 5.25” drive. The rear PCI slot covers are held in place by screws and the included slot covers have holes improving air circulation in the case.  Front Panel removed  iCage  2 120mm fans  Removing iCage Opening the case front we find that Thermaltake has included two 120mm front fans. Each of the fans is installed on an iCage. There are two iCages included with the case bundle. The top fan is colored black and is a 120mm 900/1200rpm,17dBA, 35.01/46.67 CFM) ColorShift fan while the bottom fan of the two is a 120mm (1400rpm,17dBA, 46.67 CFM)Turbo fan. Both fans are 17dBA in noise meaning that though the bottom fan is almost twice as fast in RPM, it is the same noise level. The top of the case has a 200mm silent Colorshift fan (600/800rpm, 14dBA, 49.735/65.3 CFM) installed with space and mounting holes for a second 200mm fan. The rear of the motherboard area has a 120mm (1400rpm, 17dBA, 50.0 CFM) Turbo fan. There is room on the back of the case to install two small 50mm fans on top of the PCI slots, to cool graphics cards that are installed in the case.
The bottom of the case is where the Power Supply Unit is located. This area is long and tall enough for the long PSUs on the market or a regular ATX PS/2 PSU depending on which is installed. The PSU is installed with an adjustable PSU bridge to guide where the PSU is locked into place. Also on the bottom of the case is the location for a 2.5” SSD drive. Simply screw the HDD into place from the bottom of the case and you are done. 
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